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-JOSEPH SEAMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINIS-' Leem'Pt-emf- Na. 80,019, ;zaraz July 14, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCER;

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SEAMAN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented a. new and improved Clothes-Mangle andIroning-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this'specification. i

Figure 1 is a transverse section of my improved machine, through the line y y, fig. 2.

Figure 2 is a` cross-section of the same, through the line x x, fig. 1

Similar letters of 'reference indicate corresponding parts.

This'invention relates'to an improvedclothcs-mangle, and consists of a device for actuating the lower roller upward against the top roller by means of a pair' of levers and a weight, together with otherdevf'ices per' fecting the whole, as will bo hereinafter more fully set forth. I

In the drawings, A A' are the rollersfl B, B' B', B B thegearing of the same, all working in a frame, M, ofthe ordinary construction; 'O is the fly-wheel, bearing a crank-hanldle, for turning the rollers lthusgeared i together.

'-Heretofore in machines for pressing or mangling olothe's, the pressure'of` the rollers in contact with the Clothes was inaintainedv by Springs, which, if a'cljusted `to bear with suflicient force upon a thin entry of| clothes, would not admit a thicker entry of the same without readjustment of the rollers, or if set fr the pr'cssing of thick goods, would not, without ren-iljustment, press with snfficient force upon thinncr articles.

In addition thereto, the Springs, tol have suitable qualitics of toughn css and power, were expensivo.

In my improved'machine I obviate these `disadvantages by dispensing with Springs land substituting a system of lcvers, operated by a weight in the 'manner now to be shown. I

D D are the levers, each of which is bolted to a slot in a. disk, E, which is hung eccentrically'on a pivotshaft, a, the said shaft having bearings in the frame of the machine, as shown at b b in'fig. 2. This disk has a convex or V-shaped periphery, which fits a corre'sponding groove in awheel, F, having its bearings, e, in the vpillow-blocl I', of the lower rollcr A'.

The upper roller, A, has its bearings, d, in the pillow-block I, andfis adjusted by a` set-screw,, and after being once adjusted, needs not to be touched for the accommodation of clothes of different thiekness, for this is provided for by the recession of the lower roller, as will be shown. l

Both of the pillow-blocks fit in the frame of the machine by a tongue and groove,arrangedvertically in the frame and pillow-blocks.

The disks E being eccentric, will, when the levers are depressed by the weight W, act upon the grooved wneels F, hung in the pillow-blocks I', thus pressing upward the said pillow-blocks, and consequently the lower roller A' will be brought to exert pressure upon the clothes between it and the upper roller.

The levers cross each other, and tcrminate in hooks, which support the weight W, by links b, attached to the latter, as shown. By the combination of the levcrs and eccentric-disks, a great and nearly constant pressvure is exeited, and while lthe thinnest entry of clothes will be pressed and smoothed by the machine, any thiclness of fabric or fabrics within the limit of extension of the rollers will be also acted upon with the cor- `resp'onding increase of pressure required to smooth the extra thickness. I

Being simple in construction, it is both cheap and durable, and provides a machine for the purposes set` forth that will accomplish the work ina satisfactory manner; I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt- I The combination of the rollers A A', levers D, eccentric-disks E,`pillow-bloel wheels F, and Weight W, or

t their equivalent devices, substantially as shown and descri'oed for the purposc specificd.

JosErH SEAMAN. 

